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World Series of Poker
In 1989, 24-year-old Phil Hellmuth became the youngest player to win the Main Event of the WSOP by defeating two-time defending champion, Johnny Chan in heads up play. He held that distinction until 2008, when 22-year-old Peter Eastgate became the youngest Main Event champion.
At the 2006 World Series of Poker, Hellmuth captured his record 10th World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em with rebuys event. At the time, this tied him with fellow poker legends Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan.
At the 2007 World Series of Poker, Hellmuth won his record-breaking 11th bracelet in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Event. Hellmuth also holds the records for most WSOP cashes (68) and most WSOP final tables (41).
At the Main Event of the 2008 World Series of Poker, Hellmuth made a deep run finishing in 45th place out of a field of 6,844. He was the last former champion standing at the event when he was knocked out. Hellmuth took home $154,400.
Hellmuth has won $5,859,080 at the WSOP and is ranked 8th on the WSOP All Time Money List.
World Series of Poker Bracelets
Year |
Tournament |
Prize (US$) |
1989 |
$10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship |
$755,000 |
1992 |
$5,000 Limit Hold'em |
$168,000 |
1993 |
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em |
$161,400 |
1993 |
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em |
$173,000 |
1993 |
$5,000 Limit Hold'em |
$138,000 |
1997 |
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em |
$204,000 |
2001 |
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em |
$316,550 |
2003 |
$2,500 Limit Hold'em |
$171,400 |
2003 |
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em |
$410,860 |
2006 |
$1,000 No Limit Hold'em with rebuys |
$631,863 |
2007 |
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em |
$637,254 |
World Poker Tour
Hellmuth has cashed ten times and made three final tables on the World Poker Tour. He also played in two WPT Invitational Events, the World Poker Tour by The Book in 2004 and the WPT Bad Boys of Poker II in 2006 and finished 3rd both times.
To date, Hellmuth has won $814,869 in WPT tournaments.
Other Tournaments
Hellmuth is the Season 3 champion of Late Night Poker.
In 2005, Hellmuth won the first National Heads-Up Poker Championship. He defeated Men Nguyen, Paul Phillips, Huck Seed, Lyle Berman and Antonio Esfandiari on the way to the final against Chris Ferguson whom he defeated in two out of three games.
Hellmuth makes regular appearances on episodes of Poker After Dark, both as a player and as a drop-in commentator. Hellmuth won his first Poker After Dark tournament in the first episode of the third season, winning $100,000.
He returned two weeks later and claimed his second Poker After Dark title, winning another $100,000.
Hellmuth has also appeared in the first and fourth seasons of GSN’s cash game show, High Stakes Poker.
As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $10,700,000. He is ranked 3rd on the All Time Money List, behind Jamie Gold and Daniel Negreanu.
Poker Related Activities
Phil Hellmuth has made several instructional poker videos, including his Ultimate White To Black Belt Course and Phil Hellmuth's Million Dollar Poker Secrets.
He has written many articles for Cardplayer magazine and several poker books including Play Poker Like the Pros, Bad Beats and Lucky Draws, The Greatest Poker Hands Ever Played, and Poker Brat, which contains autobiographical material as well as poker advice.
In May 2004, Phil Helmuth partnered with Oasys Mobile for the release of Texas Hold'em by Phil Hellmuth. At the time it was one of the ten most popular multi-player mobile phone games available
Personal Life
Phil Hellmuth was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He currently resides in Palo Alto, California, with his wife Katherine Sanborn and two sons, Phillip III and Nicholas. |
